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public  Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Tokyo
Sunrise: 4:55 
Transit: 12:05 
Sunset: 19:16
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HR2952

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:15 | Tran: 12:55 | Set: 16:34
Alt: 6.88°   Az: 149.95°   Direction: South-South-East

HR2952 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Puppis.

HR2952 visual magnitude is 6.59. Because of its faintness, HR2952 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR2952 star
DSS2 image of HR2952. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2952 during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 39m 16s
-40° 03’ 02”
21h 17m 59s
04h 57m 15s

J2000

07h 38m 24s
-39° 59’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

253.54°
-8.88°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2952.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.59
Hypergiant

0.28
A0
10795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2952 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2952. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2952 is distant 595.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

182.82
595.98
15 km/s
0.013 arcsec/y
0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO198226
SAO198226

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2952 rise, transit and set times from Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Tokyo):

Azimuth: 130.1°
Max altitude: 15.7°
Azimuth: 229.9°